Improvement in corn-planters



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D. llI'IZPA'lRIOKv AND JONOKNULL,Vv OF ST. PARIS, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 98,157, dated December` 21, 1869.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, D. Frrzrn'rarok and J oHN KNULL, of St.' Paris, in-the county of Champaign, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating' like parts wherever' they occur.

To enableothers skilled in the art to construct and use our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

Our invention 4relatesto corn-planters; and

It consists in a novel manner of constructing and arranginga sulky corn-planter, as hereinaer described.

In the drawi'ngsp Figure 1 is a.-1ongitudinal vertical section of our improved planter, taken on the line :zz-x of iig. 2,'aud

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the machine, With a portion broken away.

A is the frame of the machine, rectangular in form,

and mounted on the two wheels B.

a, is the front cross-bar of the frame, at each end of which a depending arm, b, is secu-red, these arms being forked at their lower ends, and having an inclination backward of about forty-five degrees.

d d are drag-hars, having their front ends connected to the forked arms l) l), and eac-h provided at its rear end with a standard and shovel, m, as shown in figs.

-1 and 2.

e e are two forked drag-bars, attached one to .each of the bars d, by pivots f, as shown in figs. l and 2, the bars d fitting between the two arms of the bars e, and the connection of the two being close behind vthe point at which the former are connected to arms b.

The bars'eV extend beyond the-bars d, and are each provided on their rear end with a forked or V- shaped standard, to which two shovels, n n, are attached, as shown in g. 2.

It will be'seen that although the drag-bars l and e are connected, each can rise and fall independently of the other.

On each of the rear corners of the frame A, we sep, this cross-bar being drawn forward by a spring, q,

connecting it with bar a.

Over each of the slides D we locateahopper, c, and shield, h, the hopper being'ifn the rear of the hole in board o.

r is a rock-shaft, secured across the frame behind, 'and parallel with bar p, and having anv upright arm, which is connected by a link, t, with said bar p.

Wie also provide this rock-shaft 4witha hand-lever, t', and a treadle, s, so that it may be operated either by hand or foot. By operating the sha-ft c', the bar 1) is drawn back, moving slides. D, and bringing their cells under the hopper, when they are filled with corn, and upon releasing the shaft, the spring q draws the slides forward, bringing their pockets over the conductors j, through which the .corn descends, falling HO the furrow opened Vby shovel on. After the corn is dropped 'into the furrow opened by shovel m, the two shovels n a following behind, turn the earth in. upon, and cover it. 1

fu isa rock-shaft, located -across the rear end of the frame, and having an upright arm, t', which is connected by a rod or link, 71.', with the hand-.lever x,

which is pivoted to the frame at one side of the drivers seat, L, as shown infigs. l and 2, so that by operating the said lever, the shaft is turned.

' w'w are backwardlyextending arms on th'e shaft fr', each connected by a chain, with the rods a', attached to the end of drag-bars e, so that by turning the shaft fu, the bars e are elevated.

c c are depending arms, one at each end of shaft c, as shown in iig. l.

g g' are rods or levers, each passing through aside bar of the frame, and each having two arms at about right angles to eachother, one on the outside and the other on the inside of the frame.

The inner arms of rods g' are connected withI the respective drag-bar d, and the outer arms by rods f',

with the arms c of shaft e.

simple machine, planting two rows at a time-,and

which can he managed-by a single person.

Having thus described our invention,

That we claim, is- 1. The combination of. the drag-bars (l and e, having their standards with shovels an. ander attached, and arranged as described.

2. The arrangement of the rock-shaft c', provided with treadle s and lever t, the slides D, cross-bar l?, spring q, and link t, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The arrangement of the rock-shaft r, with its .arms lw c', rods f', levers g', and hand-lever fc, for operating the drag-bars d e, substantially as described.

` D. -FITZPATRICK Witnesses JOHN KNULL.

S. 'I MoMoBRAN, GEORGE KNULL. 

